I have a heart. How to extend the service life of the heart and blood vessels

What do patients hide from the doctor at the appointment? What research and why does the doctor prescribe? Why is hypertension dangerous? What is common between a blood vessel and a garden hose? Why are athletes not the most healthy people? What nutrition is needed for a healthy heart?
A practicing therapist Iolanta Lalite tells about this and much more. "I wanted to make a cheat sheet for patients ignoring treatment and recommendations. It turns out that there are a lot of such. They sabotage treatment not because they want to quickly go to the other world, but because they do not understand: the doctor’s appointments are really important for their health and life. ” So we delve into medical terms, learn to read tests and, together with the author, translate important from the medical language to everyone understandable